Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-01-2025 15:53 UTC-7

Sugarman Sees off Shortstack

Jacob Wilson

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Abigail Sugarman opened the action from the cutoff, as she raised with rockets. Henry So moved all in for just a few hundred more from the small blind, and she had no option other than a call after the big got out of the way.

Henry So: K♠Q♠ All in
Abigail Sugarman: A♣A♥

Sugarman picked up just a couple of blinds with American Airlines, and had to sweat for it too, as the 10♥8♠10♠ flop kept her opponent very live, before the 4♥Q♣ runout finished him off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abigail Sugarman	33,000
Henry So	Busted

Tags: Abigail Sugarman Henry So

07-01-2025 15:50 UTC-7

Ribeiro Runs Freitas Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jonatas Freitas had only 800 in chips, so little choice but to go all in from the button. Michael Helander and Eder Ribeiro made the call.

Freitas stood, assuming defeat, at the flop J♥A♠5♣. Helander eventually folded to Ribeiro's 5,000-chip bet. on the Q♥ turn, giving Ribeiro the side pot.

Jonatas Freitas: 9♦9♣ All in
Eder Ribeiro: 5♥4♥

Freitas was in better shape with his pocket nines than he knew, but doom came with the 5♦ on the river, giving Ribeiro the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eder Ribeiro	103,500
Michael Helander	69,800
Jonatas Freitas	Busted

Tags: Eder Ribeiro Jonatas Freitas Michael Helander

07-01-2025 15:12 UTC-7

Mazet Eliminated by Broadway

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Jacob Wilson

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Florence Mazet got her remaining 12,900 in preflop, only to see the terrible shape she was in as Christopher Jones snapped and tabled the rockets.

Florence Mazet: 7♣7♦ All in
Christopher Jones: A♣A♠

Jones ended up with Broadway as the dealer put out 3♣Q♣J♠10♠K♥ sending Mazet away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Jones	110,000 12,000	12,000
Florence Mazet	Busted

Tags: Christopher Jones Florence Mazet

07-01-2025 15:08 UTC-7

Panagopoulos Paid

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Jacob Wilson

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up on the river, with a dynamic board of 7♦8♣6♣6♦4♣ showing. 57,000 chips were in the middle, and Clifton Temm was facing a huge decision: Ionannis Panagopoulos had put him all in for his tournament life. Temm went deep into the tank and stayed there for a good few minutes. Eventually, he made the call.

Panagopoulos flipped over 10♣9♣ for a flopped straight that improved to a flush on the river. Temm mucked, letting his opponent know that he had folded pocket kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clifton Temm	Busted

Tags: Clifton Temm Ionannis Panagopoulos

07-01-2025 14:57 UTC-7

Fuchigami Takes Carinci Out With Threes

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Jerome Solomon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Not long after the break, Nicholas Carinci was all in for little and covered by Maki Fuchigami.

Nicholas Carinci: A♦K♦ All in
Maki Fuchigami: 4♠3♠

The Big Slick advantage was erased on the turn during a runout of 8♣6♥9♠3♦2♥, as Fuchigami took Carinci out with a pair of threes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maki Fuchigami	73,500
Nicholas Carinci	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Carinci Maki Fuchigami

07-01-2025 14:29 UTC-7

Hooper Eliminated

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up with two players all-in on a completed board.

Michael Hooper: Q♣9♣ All in
Matthew Bode: A♥Q♦

The board ran J♥3♦Q♥A♠5♥. Both players hit the flop with top pair with Bode ahead with the superior kicker. The turn gave Bode two pair, further improving his hand; the inconsequential river eliminated Hooper.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Bode	66,000 66,000	66,000

Michael Hooper	Busted

Tags: Matthew Bode Michael Hooper

07-01-2025 14:23 UTC-7

Armijo Chose Babb Time to go All In

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Jerome Solomon

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With the board showing 8♠9♣6♥5♠, Augustine Armijo moved all in, which Brandon Babb quickly called.

Augustine Armijo: Q♣6♣ All in
Brandon Babb: 9♥9♠

The 3♠ on the river wasn't a factor, as Babb's set of nines ended Armijo's tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Babb	86,900 86,900	86,900
Augustine Armijo	Busted

Tags: Augustine Armijo Brandon Babb

07-01-2025 13:59 UTC-7

"Can I buy a piece of you in the main?"

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Laura Fryer

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After already securing a huge stack just before the break, Manuel Reyes was in the heat of the action again.

The cards were already on their backs, with a player already eliminated from the table after Reyes was seen scooping the pot. The board read A♣7♥3♦7♠8♥.

The table recalled the action as Joseph Sergio had opened from under the gun and Reyes called from the hijack. Danny Burgess moved all in from the small blind.

Joseph Sergio: QxQx All in
Manuel Reyes: A♦8♣ All in
Danny Burgess: K♣K♥

Reyes took the win, pairing his ace for two pair, which cracked both the pocket kings and queens.

The players were discussing the hand after the action had ended as Sergio had only just taken his seat and Reyes was discussing his third-place cash of this year's $300 Gladiator event for $219,410.

Another player remarked on his luck this year at the WSOP and asked, "Can I buy a piece of you in the main?"

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Reyes	135,000 71,500	71,500
Danny Burgess	53,000 21,700	21,700
Joseph Sergio	Busted

Tags: Danny Burgess Joseph Sergio Manuel Reyes

07-01-2025 13:53 UTC-7

Cressend's Ace No Good

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Jacob Wilson

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a flop of 7♥A♠6♥ Christopher Jones bet out for 2,000 when checked to. Aurelien Boisson called, but John Cressend shoved for 10,300 total. Jones made the call Boisson didn't.

John Cressend: A♥3♦ All in
Christopher Jones: A♣10♠

Cressend didn't improve, as the 4♣6♣ runout sealed his fate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Jones	98,000 98,000	98,000
Aurelien Boisson	34,000 34,000	34,000
John Cressend	Busted

Tags: Aurelien Boisson Christopher Jones John Cressend

07-01-2025 13:38 UTC-7

Baeza Outkicked

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Jacob Wilson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

James White opened up the betting with a raise to 1,500 from late position. Anastacio Baeza, Daniel Scarbrough, Joohyun Oh, and Carmen Dimaria all flicked in the call.

On the 3♣2♠K♠ flop, it was Baeza who took initiative, betting out for 5,000 when checked to. Scarbrough and Oh both called, bringing in the 7♥ turn. Baeza then shoved for 16,000, Scarbrough shoved for a little more, and Oh folded.

Anastacio Baeza: K♣6♣ All in
Daniel Scarbrough: K♦J♦

Baeza couldn't find an out on the A♦ river, as Scarbrough scooped.

Player	Chips	Progress
James White	67,000 19,700	19,700
Daniel Scarbrough	55,500 3,500	3,500
Susan Faber	35,000 16,400	16,400

James Lessary	27,800 27,800	27,800
Joohyun Oh	25,400 25,400	25,400
Igor Tregoubov	25,000 41,800	41,800
Isaac Russell	20,600 400	400
Carmen Dimaria	18,200 18,200	18,200
Anastacio Baeza	Busted

Tags: Anastacio Baeza Carmen Dimaria Daniel Scarbrough James White Joohyun Oh